Huxley had added trans- to his humanism and, when formulating transhumanism, had written that the transcendence of humanity was what was aimed at. He would often speak around this theme in somewhat ambiguous terms, promising “limitless possibilities of improvement.” This vagueness in expression has led to various interpretations of what exactly Huxley’s transhumanism entailed. Although previous chapters have already gone some way in clarifying that Huxley’s vision promoted conscious human evolution through the use of science and technology, the following chapter will explore what it was, exactly, that Huxley meant by saying that humankind must “transcend itself.” The chapter will determine what the end-goal was for Huxley’s transhumanism and argue that it opened for the possibility of imagining the posthuman.

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Transhuman End-Goals

  • Ingrid Dunér

摘要

Huxley had added trans- to his humanism and, when formulating transhumanism, had written that the transcendence of humanity was what was aimed at. He would often speak around this theme in somewhat ambiguous terms, promising “limitless possibilities of improvement.” This vagueness in expression has led to various interpretations of what exactly Huxley’s transhumanism entailed. Although previous chapters have already gone some way in clarifying that Huxley’s vision promoted conscious human evolution through the use of science and technology, the following chapter will explore what it was, exactly, that Huxley meant by saying that humankind must “transcend itself.” The chapter will determine what the end-goal was for Huxley’s transhumanism and argue that it opened for the possibility of imagining the posthuman.